txhunter58

The 460 is a great conical if you have to use a conical - Rosko indicates that most Colorado hunters are using the heavier PowerBelts.

I personally am also not as concerned about the hollow point on elk, Barnes has proven that the HP works just fine. One of my hunting partners using them and they work great, he really wants me to change but I am resiting. I would like to say I have proven the hollow points work with the Nosler partitions I shoot but they are Protected Points because I use the 300 grain .458 (45-70) rifle bullets.AlsoI know here in Idaho there have also been a lot Elk taken with Hornady XTP's - but for me I want to insured penetration thats why I use the .458 Nosler.

Cayugad introduced me to 460's last year sometime and up to the that time I would have chosen PowerBelts for a full bore conical if had to shoot one- but after running the ballistic and shooting a few of them and seeing his results they probably would be my second choice.

Pglasgowhas some really good points about the full bore conicals. We, he and I, are both fishing just trying to justify our of bullets. it really comes down to our personal choices - I'm a stubborn swede and he is a non-budging scottsman

I'll throw him one more hook and barb - if coniclas are so darn good and that much better than copper clad bullets;how come we are not shooting them in these modern days and modern guns? We could load them into cartridges...